The Beach Boys are one of those bands that nobody listens to even though they are idolized by every important musician or producer ever. Although they retained their popularity in Europe, Americans remember the band more for their bad radio hits than for Brian Wilson’s innovations in recording, composing, and arranging. His mental illness defined their entire career, and it was both their making and their undoing.
People adore the Beatles, but they have little knowledge of the band that pushed them to that position. Just as Shakespeare was not the most popular poet when he was alive, so too will Read More